Wall construction.



J. A; FERGUSON.

WALL CONSTRUCTION- APPHCATION FILED MAY 23, 1916.

Patwentedl Den. 4, 1.917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

I. A. FERGUSON.

WALL CONSTRUCTION- APPLICATION mm MAY23. 91s.

Patented Dee. 4, 19117.

2 SHEETS$HEET 2 one of the blocks, showing a reinforcing JOHN A. FERGUSON, OF DENVER, COLORADO. ASSIGNOR TO THE FERGUSON-SYNSTONE i 60., 015 DENVER, COLORADO.

WALL GONSTRUCTION.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented en. i, it t".

Application filedMay 23, 1916. Serial No. 99,444.

or veneer, whether applied interiorly or exteriorly shall be firmly joined together, the improvement being specially applicable to silos and other constructions involving acylindrical wall, in which the bases of the building blocks and the veneering slabs are devoid of curvature, but are laid in courses,

substantially alining with the curvature or are of the wall.

The blocks are of novel formation and the facing or veneer is so secured thereto that the whole constitutes a self-bracing reliable wall which may or may not be reinforced as conditions may require. 7

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features, thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

' The invention is capable of embodiment in a variety of forms, those herein illustrated being what I consider at the present time best adapted to the purposes and ends in view.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

in which the invention is clearly illustrated in its preferred forms,

' Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of a silo, the walls of which are constructed in accordance with my present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged top planwith portions broken away.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of wire and anchors for the veneeror facing.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the facing or veneer members. Fig. 5 is atop plan, showing the embodiment of the invention in a wall in which the facing or veneer is upon the inner face,

7 Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view looking from above, showing the facing secured to a block.

Fig. 7 is a top plan, showing the embodimeiilt of the present invention in a straight wa Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective detail, looking from above, showing one form of block with a reinforcing rod and anchors for the veneer or facing in position.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary perspective detail, showing two adjacent courses of the blocks.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention, I may'employ blocks of difierent forms,and in some instances provided with a greater or less number of webs or lateral projections. These blocks are of suitable composition, properly formed and, in the present instance, I have chosen to show such blocks as formed with two projections or webs each. The base or mainbody portion of the blocks 1 is shown as being provided with laterally disposedspacing webs 2 and 3, but, whether or not one or more spacingwebsare employed on each block, the spacing web?) is in all instances a terminal or end web. The size and cross sectional formation of these webs or projections may vary. In the present instance, I have shown them tapered, but it istobe understood that this is not a neoessaryfeature of the construction.

The terminal web 3 is so formed at one end of the base portion of the block that its butt portion partly projects beyond the adjacent end edge face of its base and forms therewith an open angled corner, between said end edge face and the abutting projecting part of said spacing web, providing a vertical rabbet or recessed shoulder l for seating the opposite end 5 of a similar adjacently laid block. When the facing or veneer is employed upon the inner face of the wall, as seen in Figs. 5 and 6, the blocks 1 are provided with the rabbet 4, the same as in the form shown in Fig. 8, and the outer face of the block adjacent said rabbet is slightly beveled, as seen at 6, soas to avoid projections and to provide a continuous practically curved outer face to' the wall,

as will be readily understood upon reference to Fig.5. 1

In practice, the blocks are laid in the wall in the usual manner and in the form shown in Figs; 1 and 2 where the facing or veneer 7 is applied to the exterior of the wall, the outer face surfaces of which f acing blocks 7 are suitably beveled at one end, as seen at 8, Fig. 4, and are placed in position, asse'en inFigsQ-l' and 2, so that each facing block 7 substantially opens the webs of one of the blocks 1 and the adjacent web of the adjacent block. The end of these facing members 7, distant from the beveled portion 8, may be provided with a beveled lip orledge 11-, formed by .a slight extension of the inner base portion beyond the end edge face thereof, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, In practice, the facing blocks 7 are disposed so {as toavoiddirect contact with the webs 2, .so asto leave a slight, air space between the facing blocks and the adjacent faces of the webs, as seen .at9 in Fig. .2, the blocks 1 and the facing or veneer blocks 7 being bound together in any suitable or wellknownway, such, for instance, as bonding ties or anchors 10 of metal, shown in Fig. 2,:laid in the mortar joints, or otherwise, as may be found .most expedient. When these bonds or ties are applied, as shown in Fig. 2', a single bond or tie serves to secure the adjacent ends of two adjacent facing or veneer blocks. r

It will be'readily understood that when .it is not desired to'make the inner or outer ,face of the wall of a veneer or facing, such as shown in Fig. 2, but to employ in lieu thereof plaster-board or metal or wooden lathandplaster-board or other finish, the

.laths'or the plaster-board may be secured directly to the webs 2 of the blocks in any of the well-known ways, such, for instance, as by ties or bondsofwire, it being understood that the present invention resides primarily in thestructural disposition of the terminal or endweb 3 relatively to the base of its block, and the employment of such blocks in a: construction of .wall per .90,

wherein the lateral spacing webs do not in- .terengage or interlock with complementary pro ections of the veneeringwall or its equ valent.

The wall constructed as hereinbefore described and as, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, has the end 5 .of one block seated in the angular .rabbet or recess 4 .of the adjacent block which, as will be seen upon reference to Figs2 and 5, provides a dove-tail or wedgingeffecnand when composition facing or veneerblocks 7 are employed they may preferably inter-engage at their ends, as seen at .1 1, thus'forming a most rigid construction. The facing may beupon the inner or the j ll e i i h W ll Whe he i fac n face of the wall, the facing being bonded to the webs by suitable bonds 10.

I may sometimes employ a reinforce, as 13, of any suitable nature supported upon the webs 2 and 3, as shown in Figs. 3, 6 and 8, and built into the wall as the courses thereof are laid.

The essential features of the invention as above described may be embodied in a straight wall as well as in one which is curved and such is shown in Fig. 7 wherein the blocks '14: have the webs 15, substantially the same as the webs 2 and 8, respectively, and the rabbets or vertical recesses 16, formed by the projecting part of the butt portion of the terminal web 1.5, to receive the adjacent ends 17 of adjacent blocks. In this formthe inner or outer facing 18 of the wall may be of plaster-board, composition veneer, or any other suitable material applied in any desirable manner.

The bonds or ties 10 may or may not be applied to each web of all of the blocks, according to the character of the wall to be built.

Upon reference to Fig. 9, it will be seen that in laying the courses the blocks 1 are reversed upon each alternate course so that the end web of the one block in the one course will be beneath the end 5 of the next course above, and so on throughout the structure. This efiects a better bonding of the blocks, as will be readily understood upon reference to Fig. 9.

The wall formed of the blocks 1 with their interlocking engagement at the ends thereof may be made double or triple in thickness as may be desired, the body portions of the blocks 1 being arranged contiguous to the end faces of the webs, and then the outer facing of veneer 7 Or other material applied to the webs of the outermost or, innermost blocks, according to whether the facingis applied upon the outside or inside of the wall.

Modifications in details, proportion of parts etc.,'may be resorted to without demews? ends of said slabs to allow of a smooth surface joinder therebetween; and bonding means tying the joined ends of said slabs directly to their abutting block terminal Web, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN A. FERGUSON.

wedged relation; a contiguously laid Wall section of plane surfaced slabs, devoid of lateral interlocking projections, said slabs being so laid in courses as to span the length of the opposed building blocks, with their joints abutting said lateral Webs; interengaging means being provided at opposite Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the flommlsslunei' at Watentu Washington, D. '13. 

